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136 reviews
Proffesional ferment for cider wine need some experience and experimentation
It is a wilde professional ferment need a lot of extra sugar during the fermentation I use only dark brown sugar high alcohol content before starting fermentation BRING THE ENTIRE SOLUTION TO PASTEURISATION TEMP.COOL IT THAN START WITH THIS FERMENT ANAEROBE FERMENTATION /IF TOO MUCH ALCOHOL IT CAN BE DILUTED WITH SPRING WATER OR SPARKLING WATER it can be improved with a tea made from elderberry flower/ over good ferment// G.Ferrari/Read full review...
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Excellent all-purpose strain
When used properly this strain is a monster. I have become a brewing addict over the past couple years and in the winter when I do not have access to affordable fresh fruit I have found that some frozen juices make pretty decent wine. They clear up really quickly and do not need much aging to taste OK. This is the strain I use when doing so. It can handle the fructose that most delicate strains of yeast give up on. Not to mention it does so very quickly. With a SG over 1.1 this strain will ferment the frozen juice and clear out in around 10 days. Pretty remarkable. I dont even use campden on those batches bc it ferments before any spoilage can occur. Just sanitize, dump the frozen concentrate in my fermenter, add warm water and bring it up to temp, add my nutrients and energizer and sprinkle a couple packets of this on top. Nutrients and energizer are a MUST with frozen juice from the store. This strain is not recommended when making wine from fruit as it leaves none of the 'essence' in the final product. It is just really good at turning sugar into alcohol :) and thats about it, but it does so very quickly and can tolerate higher gravity fermentations. Would possibly be suitable for distilling and isnt nearly as rough as a Turbo strain. Like I mentioned, I use it for a particular frozen concentrate recipe that I have almost perfected and it works very well in this scenario where other strains, including K1V, give up about 2/3 of the way through.Read full review...
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You need great ingredients to make an great product ask a chef, baker and The Wine Maker!
Very Fresh date code on package was 02/2022 and if stored in a refrigerator it will easily last another year in my experience. Be wary of products for lower prices when I asked them about the date code they new nothing about it. You get what you pay for and Hobby Home Brew has the Goods and my business from now on! Fresh products at reasonable prices and a lot of the small stuff ships for free. Give him a call for a better price on large orders and reduced shipping, Charlie's a good guy he'll treat you right.Read full review...
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Excellent Alcohol Tolerance
I've used many yeast before, but never have I ever used this kind of yeast that has good alcohol tolerance for almost all my home brewing need 5* all the way! Excellent price for high quality product.
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Favorite yeast
My favorite wine yeast! If you are looking to buy this then you already know that it can reach 18% abv, where others only reach around 13, and bread yeast maybe 10 tops. It can also restart stuck fermentations from other yeast that reached their limit at a lower ABV (if there are sufficient nutrients in the must). Very highly recommended! And the shipping speed was excellent as well.Read full review...
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A great Mead yeast
A great Mead yeast which feeds on the honey very well. It thrives on honey and yields pretty high percentage at about 18. Can be pushed further with some wit and tlc. Lees are compact and the yeast clears itself well. For those who want to impregnate a wooden stirring stick this yeast takes to it as well as baker's yeast. Store in fridge or freezer, bring to room temp them pitch. Instructions on the back of each packet.Read full review...
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Best yeast for fruit wines!
This is the best yeast for any fruit wine you wish to make. I have used it for years and have found this the best.
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LALVIN EC-1118 wine yeast
Have been using this yeast for years.Though it is targeted at fruit and white wines, it works well for mixed-juice red wine as well. This is a very energetic, hearty yeast which works better in cold conditions than any other wine yeast I've tried. It can resist and overcome airborne yeasts that might infect other fermentations. Only had 1 infected batch in the years I've used it, and that may have been bacterial.Read full review...
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Best yeast for wine
I’ve never had a batch of must not go into full bubbling fermentation with this yeast. This stuff is the best. It always works, and if you have a yeast that gets stuck, this takes it out of it quickly. I’ll use nothing else ever again but this yeast.Read full review...
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Great for wine or cider
I've made over a dozen batches of wine from kits and this yeast is the one included with every kit. Only had one batch not start and added another packet to get it going. I make hard cider with this yeast too and works perfectly.Read full review...
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